Bugra or Europe from 1814 to 1914


After a generation of warfare on the continent following the French Revolution of 1789 and the Napoleonic wars, peace finally came to Europe in the summer of 1815, after Napoleon’s last surprise after he escapes from Elba. The Paris Peace Treaty of November 1815 concluded the leftovers of the Congress of Vienna (September 1814-June 1815). … Read more » “Bugra or Europe from 1814 to 1914”

In Flanders Fields with the poppies


The Stefan Zweig Centre in Salzburg, Austria, organises twelve conferences about the years preceding the First World War (August 1914-November 1918). The forthcoming conference deals with the Great War from various perspectives. This European conflict resulted in the collapse of four Empires, the emergence of new states, the rise of (worldwide) Communism and Nazism, the … Read more » “In Flanders Fields with the poppies”